Letters: Time for one hammer a month?

Harrisburg has seen another homicide. This time a hammer was used. We need to take measures to control hammers. Here are some of the "common sense" steps that need to be taken:

A ban on semiautomatic nail guns that fire a nail every time the trigger is pulled and a limit on the number of nails in the feed mechanism. Semiautomatic nail guns should only be in the hands of licensed contractors.

A ban on hammers with a weight of more than 12 ounces or a handle longer than 10 inches. We all know the more weight a hammer has the more dangerous it is and the longer the handle the more force can be exerted.

A thorough background check before a hammer is purchased.

A one-per-month limit on hammer purchases after the background check is approved.

Require a license to carry a hammer outside the home or workplace. This would be the first step to hammer registration which could then lead to government confiscation of all hammers.

Declare all schools as hammer-free zones.

The above measures make about as much sense as President Obama's wishes on gun control. The problem is not with guns or the type of gun but guns in the wrong hands. I wish the President would spend as much time and energy on "crime control" as he does on gun control.